Main Entry:

¹spat·ter

Pronunciation:

\ˈspa-tər\

Function:

verb

Etymology:

akin to Frisian spatterje to spatter, Middle Dutch bespatten to splash

Date:

1600

intransitive verb: to spurt forth in scattered drops <blood spattering everywhere>transitive verb1: to splash with or as if with a liquid ; also : to soil in this way <his coat was spattered with mud>2: to scatter by or as if by splashing <spatter water>3: to cover with or as if with splashes or spots4: to cast aspersions on : defame <spattered my reputation>